King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack (7… h6 8. Bf4)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4
The King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E81, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.31 (Stockfish, depth 23; best line 8… a6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. a4 e6 11. Be3)
- ECO
- E81
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2ppb1/3p1npp/2pP4/2P1PB2/2N2P2/PP4PP/R2QKBNR b KQ - 1 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 67%, draw 16%, Black 17%). The strongest:
- GM Alexander Riazantsev (2684) – IM Piotr Dobrowolski (2434) 1-0 · European Rapid 2014 · 2014-12-21
- IM Lucas Liascovich (2473) – GM Ariel Sorin (2420) 1/2-1/2 · Ferro Carril Oeste Master · 2017-07-31
- GM Stefan Djuric (2350) – IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh (2445) 0-1 · RADNICKICHESS GM 2021 · 2021-02-11
- WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2386) – FM Pavle Dimic (2212) 1-0 · Karpos Open 2013 · 2013-03-16
- FM Eduardo Peralta (2218) – WFM Chandratreya Prachiti (1998) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 4th May · 2021-05-04
Search all games of the King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack and its sub-variations
Comes from
Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 (6… c5 7. d5) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5
More King's Indian Defense lines (all)
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto E60
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Santasiere Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense E61
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Benjamin Defense E61
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation E61
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Exchange Variation E61
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm Line E61
- King's Indian Defense: Smyslov Variation E61
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.